Forward port Thingy_fields defaultValue size fix.

docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
  - fixed #9219: Thingy After Save Search This Thing not showing all rows (SDH Consulting Group)
  - fixed #9231: Singleton workflows should not report an error when an attempt is made to run them again
  - fixed #9244: i18n for colin
+ - fixed #9252: Thingy defaultValue length causes input to be truncated (SDH Consulting Group)
 
 7.6.5
  - security: A problem was discovered and fixed in which users could email executable attachments to a collaboration system and then when viewed online, could execute them. 

docs/upgrades/upgrade_7.6.5-7.6.6.pl

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ my $quiet; # this line required
 my $session = start(); # this line required
 
 # upgrade functions go here
+lengthenThingyDefaultValues($session);
 
 finish($session); # this line required
 
@@ -43,6 +44,16 @@ finish($session); # this line required
 #}
 
 
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Describe what our function does
+sub lengthenThingyDefaultValues {
+    my $session = shift;
+    print "\tMake sure that Thingy fields can have a default value size appropriate to their field type... " unless $quiet;
+    # and here's our code
+    $session->db->write('alter table Thingy_fields modify defaultValue longtext');
+    print "DONE!\n" unless $quiet;
+}
+
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